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891470

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Colombia: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his counterpart in Colombia to support the Special Jurisdiction for Peace in test cases such as that of Congressman-Elect Jesus Santrich and other institutions created under the peace agreement; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	138072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>​The arrest of Seauxis Hernandez (Jesus Santrich) for allegations of drug smuggling since the signing of the Peace Agreement is a significant challenge for all those working to uphold the aims of the Havana accords. The British Ambassador in Bogota has discussed the case with the Attorney General, and the Embassy are monitoring the situation closely. In her statement on 19 April, Karen Pierce the UK Permanent Representative to the UN Security Council made clear the importance of handling it in accordance with the Peace Agreement. I understand that Mr Hernandez’s case will be reviewed by the Special Jurisdiction for Peace. I welcome the joint message of commitment to due process made by President Santos and FARC Party leader Rodrigo Londono following their meeting on 11 April.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 30/04/2018 14:37:26 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

891524

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many and what proportion of his Department's staff have had days off sick because of mental illness or stress in each of the last three years; and how many days off that amounted to in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	138035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>In 2015, 2180 sick absence days were taken for mental health or stress by 65 members of staff, representing 1.5% of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) UK-based workforce.</p><p>In 2016, 2816 sick absence days were taken for mental health or stress by 79 members of staff, representing 1.7% of the FCO's UK-based workforce.</p><p>In 2017, 2845 sick absence days were taken for mental health or stress by 78 members of staff, representing 1.7% of the FCO's UK-based workforce. ​</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 30/04/2018 14:55:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

891536

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Seas and Oceans: Treaties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking with his international counterparts to secure a global agreement on protecting at least 30 per cent of the world’s oceans by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	137984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the 25 Year Environment Plan, the UK will work with partners internationally to make sure that a robust evidence base informs the adoption of ambitious, realistic and measurable post-2020 targets at the 15th Conference of the Parties of the Convention for Biological Diversity in 2020.</p><p>This should include the agreement of new ambitious targets for protection of the world's oceans. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office works closely with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to promote the UK's ambitions in this respect.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 30/04/2018 14:40:15 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

891537

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many full-time equivalent permanent staff in his Department he been assigned to (a) preparations and (b) negotiations on a new UN oceans treaty.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	137985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has two full-time equivalent permanent staff assigned to preparations and negotiations on a new agreement under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction. As of June, this number will rise to three full-time equivalent permanent members of staff and we are currently recruiting for a fourth. Other members of staff will also be available to support the negotiations as required. The FCO also works closely with other government departments, in particular the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on these negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 30/04/2018 14:42:06 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

891538

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Seas and Oceans: Treaties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prepare for formal negotiations on a new UN oceans treaty; and how many officials at his Department at each grade will attend the UN conference in September 2018 on the treaty.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	137986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) have been actively involved in the preparations for formal negotiations to develop a new agreement under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction. We were actively involved in developing and shaping the EU and Member States' positions during the initial stages of discussions at the UN Ad Hoc Working Group on this issue and during the Preparatory Committee, which reported in July 2017. This Preparatory Committee led to the establishment of the intergovernmental conference which will start its work on the substance in September 2018. The FCO leads, with close cooperation from DEFRA, on these negotiations. We have also consulted with and will continue to consult with other government departments during these negotiations. We will also continue to discuss these issues with external stakeholders including the scientific community and civil society.</p><p>The UK delegation to the intergovernmental conference in September will include three officials, supported by policy and legal expertise from DEFRA. We will continue to review the composition and size of the delegation as the negotiations develop in order to ensure that we have the right people in place to promote the UK's interests and the interests of global conservation.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 30/04/2018 14:47:05 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

889916

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) staff and (b) consultants in his Department are paid more than the Prime Minister pro-rata.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	136968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>Two members of UK-Based staff are paid more than the Prime Minister.​ Full details are available online as part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s (FCO) transparency publications.</p><p>We are unable to say how many consultants are paid more than the Prime Minister pro rata. Since consultancy services are often linked to wider projects, or can be for a particular service output, it is not always possible to identify a consultant's pay within wider consultancy contract costings. Where the FCO has a business need for consultancy, which cannot be met with in-house resources, this is always subject to business case clearance in line with Cabinet Office guidance on the hire of consultants.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 26/04/2018 16:39:25 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

890088

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Russia: Council of Europe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what criteria he plans to use to decide whether to support lifting the suspension of Russian credentials at the council of Europe.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	137138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>​In accordance with its status as a statutory body of the Council of Europe and independent from the Committee of Ministers, the decision is a matter for the Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) to decide. PACE has made clear its own criteria for Russia to return which are laid down in the its own resolution requirements. PACE has not suspended Russia; the decision was taken by Russia since 2015 not to present credentials for its own Delegation in response to voting restrictions placed upon them by PACE following the illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014. The UK is clear that a Russian return to PACE would be contingent on the withdrawal of all Russian military personnel and support for separatists in Eastern Ukraine, as well as an end to the illegal annexation of the Crimean peninsula.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 26/04/2018 16:19:35 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

890135

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Nord Stream 2 Pipeline
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with European countries on preventing the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	137185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>​The Government has regular discussions with European partners on the security and resilience of energy supply in Europe. It is important that new infrastructure developments comply fully with EU internal market and competition rules and do not negatively affect security of supply. We will continue to discuss these issues and to support projects which ensure the proper functioning of the energy market.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 26/04/2018 16:21:13 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

887905

registered interest
date	20/04/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he intends to meet with representatives of the Caribbean to discuss concerns on the immigration status of people of Caribbean birth who have been living and working in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	136900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The United Kingdom will always be grateful for the invaluable contribution made by the thousands of people who came to the UK from the Caribbean. The Government has therefore made considerable efforts to discuss immigration issues with Caribbean leaders and explain the urgent action being taken to rectify cases of those from the Windrush generation.</p><p>Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the Caribbean, and the Rt Hon Caroline Nokes MP, Minister of State for Immigration, met Commonwealth Caribbean Foreign Ministers on 16 April to discuss concerns about the immigration status of the Windrush generation. This was followed by a meeting between the Prime Minister and Caribbean leaders on 17 April. The Prime Minister also met the Prime Minister of Jamaica for a bilateral meeting. Lord Ahmad joined both discussions.</p><p>Lord Ahmad meets Caribbean High Commissioners quarterly and these issues will be discussed at the next scheduled meeting.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 30/04/2018 14:27:16 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

887068

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: SCL Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total value is of services delivered to his Department through contracts with Strategic Communications Laboratories since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	136636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has not held any contracts with Strategic Communication Laboratories since 2010.​</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 24/04/2018 15:59:56 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens